Porridge in my Platypus

.....you had to be there during the Infusion walking weekend in Ingleton (1-3 May) to truly appreciate what this means! However, we did think it might make a great title for a book.

Five of our group completed the Three Peaks Challenge in around eleven hours (earning them membership of the Three Peaks of Yorkshire Club) and the other five completed the AP Whernside Challenge (twelve and a half miles) in considerably less time. Although the teashop quota was low this weekend, a number of us did make the semi-obligatory stop at the Long Preston Rohan shop. [photos to follow soon]

Muddy boots

I had expected to blog on "Infusion walks Shutlingsloe" as we planned to climb the "Cheshire Matterhorn" last Saturday, but the weather put a stop to that. [In spite of that, five of us enjoyed a rather damp walk on the Leicestershire / Rutland border, near Cold Overton]. Instead I'm blogging on boot cleaning. I don't clean my boots very often but when I do I use the guidelines from an old copy of Country Walking magazine. Although the CW website has lots of useful tips and tricks, it doesn't include the article on cleaning boots. However, I found this article, Care of walking boots, with very similar advice.